It's a great step forward for cancer therapy," said John Bell, senior cancer researcher at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. FDA cracks down on direct-to-consumer stem cell therapies(Shutterstock / st.noon)The U.S. FDA also made headlines this week after cracking down on clinics offering untested stem cell therapy. - Leigh Turner, bioethics researcher, University of MinnesotaBioethics researcher Leigh Turner has studied the proliferation of direct-to-consumer stem cell clinics. "We found 351 distinct businesses in the United States making marketing claims about stem cell treatments operating a total of 570 clinics. #foodsafety https://t.co/Jmzs6duM6K pic.twitter.com/qhbsRXNlzc — @CFIA_FoodFood labelling regulations are a shared jurisdiction between Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Source: CBC News September 02, 2017 12:11 UTC